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okeee

Posted 20 June 2006 - 11:09 AM

Retired Tech

Posted 20 June 2006 - 11:15 AM

Retired Tech

Retired Staff

Retired Staff

20,563 posts

Yes, when you activate now it shows activation complete, when you go over 5 re-installs, it says you have re-installed this more than the permitted number of times, please click to activate over the phone, then it lets you enter a number which it always says is incorrect, then you hang on, it connects you to their " next available operator ", you give them the first 6 numbers, they ask if you have installed it before and if this is the only PC this copy is installed on, then they give you the numbers and windows activates

gerryf

Posted 21 June 2006 - 07:58 AM

You could install windows 1000 times and not activate it, but the OS will cease to operate in, what is it? 21 days? I forget.

When you activate it on one machine, you would not likely be able to activate it on a second machine, and those machines would eventually cease to function.

You could install it and activate it on single machine, then I suppose, install and activate it to a second partition on the same machine. You would still likely be prompted to activate by phone, and need to explain that this OS is functioning as a dual boot on a single machine, as the license allows windows to be installed on a single machine at a time. You might get a very confused person from India refusing to give you the activation code, though